The 763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment was a regiment of the

Soviet Air Defence Forces The Soviet Air Defence Forces (; ) was the air defence branch of the Soviet Armed Forces. Formed in 1941, it continued being a service branch of the Russian Armed Forces after 1991 until it was merged into the Air Force in 1998. Unlike Western ...

and then the Russian Air Defence Forces from 1952 to 1998.

History

The regiment began to form at Bolshoye Savino Airport near Perm. Personnel for staffing numbers have grown from parts of the country's air defense fighter aircraft. Regimentation began under Colonel IZ Galiushin. The formation continued under Colonel AE Grebennikov, who assumed command of the regiment. Regimentation was completed November 7, 1952, and the unit became part of the 87th Fighter Aviation Division PVO in the Ural region. This date is the day to commemorate the formation of the regiment set annual holiday. On March 17, 1953, the 763rd Fighter Regiment began receiving

Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 The Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-15 (; USAF/DoD designation: Type 14; NATO reporting name: Fagot) is a jet fighter aircraft developed by Mikoyan-Gurevich for the Soviet Union. The MiG-15 was one of the first successful jet fighters to incorporate s ...

jet fighter aircraft. On July 5, 1953, the commander of the Air Defense Regiment Ural region was handed the battle-flag section. On October 1, 1955, one air squadron of the regiment moved to a new full-time organization in connection with its forthcoming rearmament on

Yak-25 The Yakovlev Yak-25 ( NATO designation Flashlight-A/Mandrake) is a swept wing, turbojet-powered interceptor and reconnaissance aircraft built by Yakovlev and used by the Soviet Union. Design and development The Yak-25 originated from a need f ...

aircraft. From 1 January 1958 the regiment assigned to the first line and is called the 763rd Fighter Aviation Regiment of the first line. Its task was protecting the northern borders of the country. In 1962, the village Komsomol (now known as Yugorsk as of July 1992) was founded nearby the place of dislocation Regiment – Yugorsk 2. During mid-1969, half of the regiment was deployed to Zavitinsk as a result of increased tensions with Communist China. In 1983 the regiment began using

Mikoyan MiG-31 The Mikoyan MiG-31 (; NATO reporting name: Foxhound) is a supersonic interceptor aircraft developed for the Soviet Air Forces by the Mikoyan design bureau as a replacement for the earlier MiG-25 "Foxbat"; the MiG-31 is based on and shares de ...

long-range interceptor aircraft. In the 1980s the regiment was part of 20th Air Defence Corps, 4th Independent Air Defence Army. The regiment was disbanded in 1998.Memorial in Yugorsk – 2
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Notes

* City Paper "Ugra Messenger" from 06.07.2002g. Fighter regiments of the Soviet Air Defence Forces Regiments of the Russian Air Forces Military units and formations established in 1952 Military units and formations disestablished in 1998